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WhizzBall! is a great physics puzzle game that needs more time before it's playable for most iPhone users.

Full Review

App Store Info

WhizzBall! is an adaption of the Discovery Channel's free popular puzzle title available on their website. The game is toted as a community driven puzzle title and the online version currently features several thousand puzzles developed by their denizens for others to enjoy.

Once you've registered your account, players can jump right in to playing user-created levels, however WhizzBall! does come packaged with 30 pre-made 'official' puzzles to explore first. Various puzzle elements such as pipes, springs and even teleporters must be combined to fill the entire level in order to get your marble to hit the final target. Elements can be dragged on to open areas in the level, however positioning needs to be precise as objects dragged to invalid spots need to be dragged over again. Swiping the screen will rotate the puzzle to provide easier viewing of hidden nooks, but the rotation is fixed to four locations that ponderously swing around, often while attempting to place a piece down.

The interface design is clean, bright and fun, with each puzzle element rotating appropriately when your view shifts to keep everything in perspective. Developing puzzles is extremely easy and published games can be easily searched, with community ratings also allowing players to filter out poorly regarded levels.

Sadly, all of Discovery Channel's work is for naught as the game is extremely unstable and crashes at even the smallest of provocations. Until a patch is released it's best to stick to the free online version instead.

Description

WhizzBall!, the ultimate 3D community puzzle game, is wildly entertaining and challenging. What was originally a Discovery Kids online game 10 years ago is now available for the iPhone!

Use a combination of drop funnels, rollers, springs, tubes, boxing gloves, catapults and UFO's to get the ball to its final destination. Let the world solve and rate puzzles that you create. Give your brain a workout by solving Official puzzles and puzzles developed by your friends and the global WhizzBall! community - it's incredibly addictive!

Whether you prefer to build puzzles or solve puzzles, WhizzBall! will test your brain and creativity and provide you with hours of enjoyment on the couch or on-the-go.

Some of the great Whizzball! features include:

- Solve puzzles and earn points
- Unlock new backgrounds as you solve Official puzzles
- Play community puzzles created by players around the world and earn placement on the global leaderboard
- Become one of the best puzzle builders and see if you place in the Top 100 builders
- Build a profile and see how you rank
- Track the rating of your published puzzles
- Challenge your friends to solve your puzzles through Facebook and Twitter
- 3D playing field and changeable backgrounds

What's New in Version 1.2

*** UPDATES ***
• Fixed the Catapult issue in Official Puzzle #23.
• Fixed issue where Start Tube could not be moved once it is placed in Create mode.
• Miscellaneous under-the-hood fixes and performance improvements